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US chemical production was flat in April, according to the ACC’s US Chemical Regional Production Index (CPRI). The index, a three-month moving average, was also flat in March after registering a 0.2% gain in February....

0perating earnings of U.S. corporations fell 0.3% in the first quarter of 2012—the first drop since the recovery in earnings that began in early 2009. Profits have more than doubled since then, and the earnings share of GDP has advanced from 6.9% to a...

Real GDP rose at a 1.9% annual rate in the first quarter of 2012, down from 3% in the final three months of last year. The original estimate for the first quarter was 2.2%. Consumer spending was revised downward, and business investment was revised upward...

U.S. GDP grew at a 2.2% annual rate in the first quarter of 2012, well below the 3% rate recorded in the final quarter of 2011. On the positive side, consumer spending rose at a 2.9% rate, up from 2.1% in the previous three months and the most rapid increase...

corporate operating earnings rose 0.9% in the fourth quarter, after increasing 1.7% in the third. The slowdown was the result of a sharp drop in earnings from overseas. Domestic profits gained a rapid 3.8% for the quarter, following a 1.8% rise in the...

The second estimate of fourth-quarter 2011 GDP shows growth of 3%, up from the initial calculation of 2.8%. The contours of growth did not change: a relatively slow expansion in consumer spending, declining outlays in the government sector, a turnaround in...

The U.S. economy ended 2011 on a relatively strong note. Growth was very weak at 0.4% in the first quarter of 2011. The final quarter registered a 2.8% gain in real GDP. In the fourth quarter, consumer outlays grew 2% after increases of 1.7% in the third...

the U.S. economy grew 1.8% in the third quarter, the latest GDP estimate. Third-quarter growth initially was calculated at 2.5%, significantly above the 1.3% recorded in the second quarter of the year and 0.4% in the first. The rebound now looks more subdued...

The economy grew at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter, ahead of the 1.3% rate in the second quarter, but below the initial estimate of 2.5% for the most recent period. Although this is a fairly significant downward revision, it is actually less dire than...

The third, and more or less final, estimate for the growth in U.S. GDP during the second quarter came in at 1.3%, compared with the second estimate of 1% and the initial compilation of 1.3%. Although the rate of expansion is slow, it remains significantly...